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Have you ever been on a summer holiday so good you never want to go home again? Jebi is tired of noisy, crowded Seoul and her dull job at a photography studio in the city. When she sees a billboard on her commute showing beautiful Jeju... Read More
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Hakuda Photo Studio

Translated by Shanna Tan (Marigold Mind Laundry and Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop).

The feel-good Korean hit novel about the joys of small-town life.

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Have you ever been on a summer holiday so good you never want to go home again?

Jebi is tired of noisy, crowded Seoul and her dull job at a photography studio in the city. When she sees a billboard on her commute showing beautiful Jeju Island, she decides to quit her job and spend a summer there. On the last day of her trip, when she's due to fly back to her real life, she loses everything: phone, credit cards, plane ticket. Wandering through a fishing village, she stumbles across a tiny photo studio.

Staying to work there, she meets and photographs a young couple who are about to get married, an elderly ex-cop haunted by questions from his past, and the Jeju haenyeos, a group of local women freedivers who gather sea urchins. The photos Jebi takes capture the magic of the island and its people.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399823470

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 July 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd

Contributors:

  • Translated by Shanna Tan
  • Translated by Shanna Tan

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Her Tae-Yeon won the 11th Honbul Literary Award (the largest literary prize in Korea), for her novel The Man Who Dances Flamenco, written in memory of her late father.

Her most recent book, The Fairy Godmother of the Hand Me Down World, was a Korean bestseller.

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